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Assange in Australia

What his homeland press is saying

By Joel Meares   Dec 8, 2010 at 10:07 AM

As WikiLeaks founder and frontman Julian Assange waits in custody, the press in his home country is going into WikiLeaks... More

Conservative Pundit Jennifer Rubin Joins the Mainstream Media

But is The Washington Post ready for her style of commentary?

By Ali Gharib   Dec 7, 2010 at 03:23 PM

Two weeks ago, The Washington Post announced that it had hired Jennifer Rubin, the prolific and pugnacious Commentary writer, to... More

Halperin’s Shaky Premises

Obama may need luck, but these claims need some backing

By Joel Meares   Dec 7, 2010 at 10:18 AM

Anyone who’s read Game Change knows that Time’s Mark Halperin isn’t exactly averse to big assertions backed by little evidence... More

“Publication isn’t necessarily a short hop to the full truth.”

Times Public Editor on Iran-North Korea missile story

By Joel Meares   Dec 6, 2010 at 01:24 PM

Last week we noted FAIR and The Washington Post’s reporting on a New York Times WikiCables story suggesting Iran had... More

USA Today’s Mixed-Up Message

What exactly did the deficit commission do?

By Trudy Lieberman   Dec 6, 2010 at 01:09 PM

On Friday, USA Today reported that the president’s fiscal commission “approved a plan today to cut federal deficits by $3.9... More

A Crayola Peach-Colored Speaker

The New Yorker’s Boehner profile

By Joel Meares   Dec 6, 2010 at 12:10 PM

The New Yorker lands today with an 8,739-word look at Speaker-elect John Boehner and the challenges he faces in setting... More

Hear CJR on WNYC

By The Editors   Dec 3, 2010 at 02:45 PM

CJR’s Clint Hendler was on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show Friday morning discussing the recent release of The Paterson E-Mails.... More

Times Does a Wiki Rewrite

Take two on the maligned missile story

By Joel Meares   Dec 3, 2010 at 01:55 PM

Yesterday we pointed to reporting by FAIR and The Washington Post that brought into question a New York Times report... More

In Julian’s Words

Highlights from Assange’s post-leak Q&As

By Joel Meares   Dec 3, 2010 at 11:37 AM

Nobody knows where Julian Assange is, but several people have managed to find him. Since the embassy cables began... More

Times Missile Story Missing a Half

Raises questions about using the WikiLeaks cables

By Joel Meares   Dec 2, 2010 at 03:36 PM

The New York Times has come under some fire for overplaying the role of Iran in the Iraq war in... More

DADT Hearings Live Video

Watch feed as senators question Mullen, Gates

By Joel Meares   Dec 2, 2010 at 11:22 AM

The Senate Armed Services Committee is currently holding a hearing into the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, questioning Defense Secretary... More

NPR Plays Ebenezer Scrooge

Another lopsided Social Security story

By Trudy Lieberman   Dec 2, 2010 at 10:21 AM

It was really hard to tell whether NPR’s Morning Edition segment yesterday—part of the program’s “Ghosts of Debts Past, Present... More

WikiLeaks A Blunt Weapon, But We Should Use It

A defense of the organization under new attack

By Joel Meares   Dec 2, 2010 at 10:20 AM

Many of the charges behind the “hang Julian Assange” meme doing the rounds since WikiLeaks’s third “megaleak” on Sunday hinge... More

WikiLeaks Coverage, Day Three

A roundup of major outlets’ continued coverage of the State Department cables story

By CJR Staff   Dec 1, 2010 at 02:00 PM

The New York Times Day three of the Times cables coverage focuses on Pakistan—firstly with a long report by Jane... More

Dealing with the Times

Governor’s aides parry with their inquisitors

By Clint Hendler   Dec 1, 2010 at 10:41 AM

While the hundreds of e-mails show the governor’s press staffers fencing with reporters from many major news organizations, no set... More